Helen Runs Miles (for CharityMiles!): Rush Hour Running helenrunsmiles: Finished my first run in London on Malala Day! Timed it spectacularly so that I ended up running along one of the main roads during rush hour… I ran my 5.098 miles for GirlUp in honor of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot last…

You mention cancer to anyone on the street and they wince. Hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t affected by it. You mention the English Channel to that same person and, most likely, you won’t have to offer too much an explanation. With the ocean at my door, an A-team of coaches assembled, and an extensive…

Every day we like to shine a spotlight on people doing amazing work — both with Charity Miles and without. Today we’re featuring Daniel Harrison, a rising senior at Emory University who hopes to attend medical school after completing a master’s program in the UK and competing in the Edinburgh Marathon. Here’s what he had…

fastcompany: PopChartLab has managed to capture the entire history of sneaker design, in one cool infographic. It’s interesting to see what has and has not changed over time, or as Mark Wilson put it, “sneakers have run on a sort of quarantined evolutionary track seemingly independent of the whims of popular fashion.“ Here’s the full…

Every day we like to shine a spotlight on people doing amazing work — both with Charity Miles and without. Today we’re featuring Vanessa Kline, an avid runner who has completed 13 marathons, with many more in the works. Here’s what she had to say: What is your greatest accomplishment as of late?Completing my first 11…

Every day we like to shine a spotlight on people doing amazing work — both with Charity Miles and without. Today we’re featuring Nicklaus Combs, an ultra runner, beard grower, plant eater and part of the Merrell Pack and Further Faster Forever community. Here’s what he had to say: What is your greatest accomplishment as…